Portable receptacle



Nov. 6, 1934. A. HALPIN PORTABLE RECEPTACLE Filed May 20. 1932 A TI'ORNE Y 7 UNITED STATES PATE Patented Nov. 6, 1934 NT OFFICE 1,979,263 PORTABLE RECEPTACLE Abraham Halpin, New York, N. Y. Application May 20, 1932, Serial No. 612,400

6 Claims. (01. 150-33) This invention relates to portable receptacles, and has among'its objects the provision of an improved device of the character described having improved means such that'a handle can be normally housed in the receptacle and produced when requiredfor carrying the receptacle, whereby the receptacle can be conveniently manipulated and carried in different Ways;

'Another object of the invention is to provide in aportable receptacle having handles movable up and down, improved means for holding the handles closely at the sides of the receptacle in the down position of the handles.

1 1 Another object of this invention is to furnish aportable receptacle having improved means including one or more auxiliary compartments for themain compartment of the receptacle, the auxiliary compartments being associated in improved manner with the handles so as to be adapted to receive the sameythis invention is particularly applicable to portable receptacles having a slide fastener extending continuously therealong, and another object of this invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned wherein the main receptacle compartment shall be independent of the handle receiving compartments. M

A further object of-thisinvention is to construct a device ofthe character described having few and simple parts, and which is inexpensive to manufacture, reliable, durable, convenient and efiicient in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proge eds; v 'With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the arrangements and novel combinations of parts hereinafter-described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated on the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by p the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In'the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a device embodying the invention, having parts removed to show internal construction, and another part in. dot-dash lines .to show a different position thereof; 1 I i j Fig.2 is avertical sectional view taken on line 242 of Fig. 1. v i Fig. 3 .is a fragmentary horizontal sectional Lviewtaken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation showing a modification of the invention with a part in dot-dash lines to show a diiferent position.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same construction, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing a preferred exemplification of the invention.

Generally described, the invention provides an improved portable receptacle, and for purposes of illustration, reference may be had to a portfolio of a flexible type which is carried at will either by means of a handle or under the arm. The advantages of the invention may be readily perceived in connection with a flat portfolio which is made up so as to be especially light in weight and to carry a comparatively small amount of papers or other articles. A portfolio of this type is often provided with an even uniform exterior and a slide fastener extending continuously therealong and is generally carried under the arm, an operation that frequently becomes tiresome. Accordingly I provide one or more handles which may be so retained within the portfolio as not to militate against the uniform exterior and conventional appearance of the portfolio, so that the same may be handled in the manner aforesaid; and yet the handles being easily movable into external supporting position. These handles may be quite thin so as to occupy little space, and may be positioned within any desired section or compartment of the portfolio.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 10 denotes a device embodying the invention. The same may include a portable portfolio, such as a bathing suit receptacle, a money bag, a tennis racket cover, a valise, and the like, of any suitable size, shape, material, or construction, and is herein shown as embodying a portfolio. The latter may be of rectangular form, if desired, and may consist of a plurality of side walls 11 of any feasible material, such as leather, fabric, or composition material, said side walls being interconnected along end and bottom edges in any suitable manner. At the top, said portfolio may have an opening 14 extending from end to end thereof, adapt- .ed to be closed by any suitable fastening means,

preferably by a continuous slide fastener 15 of any well known kind.

Along the interior of the portfolio, wall sections 16 may be provided, which may be continuous at the bottom 17 if desired, and which may be of any desired width, and connected at their side edges 18 to the respective walls 11, as by lines of stitching 19. The upper ends of the wall sections 16 maybe connected at 20 continuously permanently to the adjacent upper edge portions of the walls 20, whereby a plurality of compartments 21 are formed on the sides of the main compartment 22. These side compartments maybe externally accessible through slots 23 in the walls 11, said slots being spaced below the lines of connection at 20. 1

Within the side compartments 21 may be provided any suitable connections for conventional handles such as 24. Thus a means for movably mounting the handles may be provided, and said means may desirably include a pair of straps 25 of any flexible material, said straps extending parallelly continuously between walls 11 and 16 and across the bottom portion of the portfolio between said walls. Fastening means such as lines of stitching 26 may be provided adjacent to the bottom of the portfolio for interconnecting walls 11 and 16 with the straps 25. At their open ends, the straps 25 may be connected to the upper edge portions of the portfolio between walls 11 and 16 as by lines of stitching 27, above the slots 23. Intermediate of the points 26 and 27, the straps 25 may be secured to the wall sections 16 as by stitching at 28, and the straps 25 may each be continuously stitched to the wall sections 16by a plurality of lines of edge stitching 29. Hence the lower portions of the straps are attached so as to become a part of wall sections 16, while the upperportions of the straps, be-

tween the points at 27, 28 are free and form guide elements 30 which tend to cling to the wall sections 16.

The handles 24 may be of a conventional type, and may have any fastening means such as metallic lopos 31, for slidingly engaging the guide elements 30. Thus the handles 24 are movable through slots 23 into external position shown in dot-dash lines, to function in the usual manher, while side compartments 21 may be closed aslby snapfasteners 32. In carrying the portfolio, the pull of the handles is taken up by the straps and distributed along the walls 16. If the use of the handles is not desired, the compartments 21 are opened, and the handles moved downwardly, being retained in upright position between the walls 11 and 16. The handles may be made especially thin so as to occupy very little space. After the handles are thus disposed within the portfolio, the snap fasteners 32 may be closed. The exterior of the portfolio is now free of any handle and is thus even and uniform, neat and conventional in appearance, and readily carried under the arm.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a portfolio having a main compartment 22 and auxiliary compartments 21, all of which can be used for receiving papers and other articles, and having handles movable into internal inoperative and external operative positions.

In Figs. 4 and 5 is shown a modification of the invention including a portable receptacle 35 which may be generally similar to the device 10, except that the handles 24 are swingably movable into the operative external and internal positionsg, Said receptacle may include side walls 36 interconnected at the bottom and ends and affording an opening closed by a continuous slide fastener 15. Formed in conjunction with the walls 36 are auxiliary side compartments 37 which may be provided as by wall sections 38 connected to walls 36 by lines of stitching 39, whereby receptacles 40 for papers and the like are provided. The upper parts of said walls 38 constitutes opening forming flaps 41, closed as by detachable fasteners 42. -Within the region of the flaps, fasteners 44 may be secured, as to the walls 36, the loops 31 being provided, interconnecting the same with the handles. If use of the handles 24 is desired, the flaps for compartments 40 are opened, and

"the handles swung upward into the dot dash line position, otherwise they may be disposed within compartment 37 through openings provided by releasing the flaps. Thus it is seen that walls 11 and 38 operate to hold the handles snugly at the sides of the receptacle in the lowered inoperative position of the handles.

It will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may be made in the device as shown in the drawing, and that the same is submitted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the following claims. 4

I claim:

1. A portablereceptacle including a receptacle body, the same having a slip pocket, a plurality of parallel straps in said slip pocket, eachof "said straps being secured in the slip pocket at a plurality of spaced points, and a handle slidably connected at its ends to the straps between said spaced points so as to be movable'along the straps out of said pocket for supporting the receptacle body by means of the straps in the slip pocket.

2. A portable receptacle having a receptacle body, the same having a slip pocket at a side thereof, said slip pocket having an opening near an upper portion of the receptacle body, a plurality of vertical, spaced parallel straps, each of said straps being fastened in the slip pocket at a plurality of vertically spaced points, the upper V said opening for supporting the receptacle body I with the handle being in proximity to the upper fastening points of the straps. v Y

3. A receptacle having a slip pocket, a handle movable into and out of the slip pocket, and strap means substantially tautly secured in the slip pocket and extending therealong, the handle being slidably engaged with said strap means for movement therealong and being secured in said pocket by said strap means.

4. A portable receptacle having a main compartment provided with an opening adjacent to an edge of the receptacle, means for detachably closing said opening, said receptacle having outward opening slots in opposite side walls thereof partments being positioned at opposite'sides of the main compartment.

I spaced below said opening andbeing independent V 6. A receptacle having a pocket on the side thereof, and strap means substantially tautly secured in the pocket and extending into the pocket from the mouth thereof, a handle slidably engaged with said strap means for movement therealong into and out of the pocket and being secured to said receptacle by said strap means.

ABRAHAM I-IALPIN. 

